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<h1><a name=Top></a>ANSI/BOMA View</h1>
<p><img src="ansiboma.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="409px" height="169px" border="0" class="img_whs1"></p>
<p>ANSI/BOMA View has a <a href="#Toolpanel">Toolpanel</a> and a<a href="#SpaceTree"> 
 Space Tree</a>. Functionality of the toolpanel includes</p>
<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Three 
 difference <a href="#Hierarchy">hierarchies</a> for spaces and ANSI/BOMA 
 Categories</p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a 
 href="#ANSI_BOMACategoryHandling">Setting of ANSI/BOMA Space Category</a> 
 for selected spaces, and <a href="#Reset">resetting</a> values</p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A 
 Separate <a href="#Settings">Settings tool</a></p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a 
 href="#Area_Visualization">Visualization </a>&nbsp;and 
 <a href="#Reporting_Tool">Space Reporting</a> and <a href="#GSA_Spatial_Report">GSA 
 Spatial Program BIM Reporting</a> tools</p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Adding 
 and removing components to and from the <a href="#SelectionSet">Selection 
 Basket</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When ANSI/BOMA 
 View is opened, status of critical rules are checked. If critical rules 
 are not run, or they have critical issues without user decisions, a warning 
 message is shown. Critical rules are</p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a 
 href="../../../Help/mergedProjects/constraint_help/html/sol_212.htm">External 
 Walls Validation</a> - external walls should be defined correctly before 
 usable areas can be calculated.</p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a 
 href="../../../Help/mergedProjects/constraint_help/html/sol_202.htm">Space 
 Validation</a> - there shouldn't be overlapping spaces or large empty 
 areas between a wall and a space</p></li>
	<li class=p-whs4><p class=whs4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a 
 href="../../../Help/mergedProjects/constraint_help/html/sol_111.htm">Net 
 Area Check</a> - area of design gross area spaces should be approximately 
 the same as total area of walls, columns and spaces in the same building 
 floor</p></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name=Toolpanel></a>Toolpanel</h3>
<h4><a name=Hierarchy></a>Hierarchy Selection</h4>
<p><img src="image2.gif" width="21px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs3"> Show Model Hierarchy 
 button shows spaces in the model organized by floors and ANSI/BOMA Categories 
 (see picture above).</p>
<p><img src="image3.gif" width="21px" height="21px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> Show Category 
 Hierarchy button shows spaces in the model organized by ANSI/BOMA Categories.</p>
<p><img src="ansiboma2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="411px" height="196px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p>
<p><img src="image4.gif" width="24px" height="23px" border="0" class="img_whs6"> Show Occupant 
 Organization button shows spaces in the model organized by Agency Bureau 
 Names, floors, and ANSI/BOMA Categories.</p>
<p><img src="ansiboma3.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="411px" height="203px" border="0" class="img_whs7"></p>
<h4><a name=ANSI_BOMACategoryHandling></a>ANSI/BOMA Space Category Handling</h4>
<p><img src="image8.gif" width="19px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs8"> Set Space Category 
 button opens a separate dialog, from where you can set ANSI/BOMA Space 
 Category for the selected spaces.</p>
<p><img src="manual.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="303px" height="406px" border="0" class="img_whs9"></p>
<p>Space, whose category you want to change, can be either from spaces 
 in the <a href="../../../Help/html/Selection.htm">Selection Basket</a>, 
 or spaces you have selected from the Space Tree. You can add spaces to 
 Selection Basket by</p>
<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
	<li class=p><p class="whs10">Using <a 
 href="#SelectionSet">Selection Basket handling buttons</a> in ANSI/BOMA 
 View</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs10">Using filters 
 in <a href="../../../Help/html/Filtering.htm">Filtering View</a></p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs10">Using Selection 
 Basket tools in <a href="../../../html/Model_Tree.htm">Model Tree View</a> 
 </p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs10">Using Select 
 tool in <a href="../../../Help/html/3D.htm">3D View</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Select a category for the spaces from the following:</p>
<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Office 
 Space</p></li>
	<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
		<li class=p><p class="whs11">&quot;The 
 area where a tenant normally houses personnel and/or furniture&quot;, 
 ref. PBS Assignment Guide, Section 3</p></li>
	</ul>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Store Area 
 &nbsp;(according to PBS Business Assignment Guide this category shouldn't 
 be used)</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Building 
 Common</p></li>
	<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
		<li class=p><p class="whs11">&quot;The 
 areas of a building that provides services or circulation to building 
 tenants but which are not included in the Office or Store are or any specific 
 tenant&quot;, ref. PBS Assignment Guide, Section 3</p></li>
	</ul>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Floor Common 
 (according to PBS Business Assignment Guide this category shouldn't be 
 used)</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Vertical 
 Penetration</p></li>
	<ul class=whs3 style="list-style: disc;" type=disc>
		<li class=p><p class="whs11">&quot;The 
 areas such as stairs, elevator shafts, flues, pipe shafts, vertical ducts 
 and their enclosing walls&quot;, ref. PBS Assignment Guide, Section 3</p></li>
	</ul>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">PBS Specific</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Not Measured 
 (spaces, which are shouldn't been taken into account, like Terraces)</p></li>
</ul>
<h4><a name=Settings></a>Settings</h4>
<p><img src="image31.gif" width="22px" height="21px" border="0" class="img_whs12"> Settings button 
 opens the Settings dialog. The dialog has too panels, one for the calculation 
 method, and another for the Area Visualization Settings.</p>
<p><img src="¨settings.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="543px" height="246px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></p>
<p><a name=CalculationMethod></a>Differences in the rentable area calculations 
 are described in <a href="Building_Properties.htm#Building_RU_Ratio">Building 
 Properties, R/U Ratio</a> and <a href="Area_Calculation.htm#Top">Area 
 Calculation</a> chapters. When GSA calculation method is selected Building 
 Gross Area w/o Parking is used in USF/GSF Ratio, Skin Ratio, and in Public 
 Space/GSF Ratio. Parking spaces aren't included in <a href="Area_Calculation.htm#MeasuredGrossArea">Measured 
 Gross Area</a> either (when GSA calculation method is selected).</p>
<p><img src="settings2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="543px" height="246px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></p>
<p class="whs11">Polygon Area Visualization 
 Settings define, what areas are visualized when a building, a floor, an 
 occupant organization, a category, or a space is selected from the Space 
 Tree.</p>
<h4><a name=Area_Visualization></a>Visualization Tool</h4>
<p><img src="image9.gif" width="22px" height="23px" border="0" class="img_whs14"> Area Visualization 
 Tool visualizes individual spaces, floor gross area, floor gross measured 
 area, and Floor Office/Building Common/Vertical Penetration areas. </p>
<p>Spaces selected in the space tree are visualized by showing footprint 
 of the floor where spaces are situated, showing the space objects in 2D 
 view (flat), drawing lines corresponding the BOMA usable area, and printing 
 the space number and the values of the Net Area and the Usable Area in 
 to the middle of the space.</p>
<p><img src="polygon.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="499px" height="722px" border="0" class="img_whs15"></p>
<p>Gross Area and Gross Measured Area are visualized by showing their footprints, 
 showing the spaces in the floor in 2D, and printing the values of the 
 Gross Area and Gross Measured Area in the middle.</p>
<p><img src="gg.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="587px" height="821px" border="0" class="img_whs16"></p>
<p>Floor Office Area, Floor Building Common Area, and Floor Vertical Penetration 
 Area are visualized by showing their footprints, showing the spaces in 
 them in 2D, and printing the area value in the middle.</p>
<p><img src="areas.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="777px" height="704px" border="0" class="img_whs17"></p>
<h4><a name=Reset></a>Reset </h4>
<p><img src="image10.gif" width="19px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> Reset button 
 removes all user set ANSI/BOMA Space Categories.</p>
<h4><a name=Reporting_Tool></a>Space Reporting Tool</h4>
<p><img src="image18.gif" width="18px" height="21px" border="0" class="img_whs19"> &nbsp;Open 
 Area Report Dialog opens a separate dialog where all spaces are listed. 
 The space table include the following columns:</p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Floor Name</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Space Number</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Space Name</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">ANSI/BOMA 
 Space Category</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">GSA STAR 
 Space Category</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">GSA STAR 
 Space Type</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Occupant 
 Billing ID</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Occupant 
 Organization Abbreviation</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Occupant 
 Organization Code</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Occupant 
 Organization Name</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">GSA BIM 
 Area</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Usable 
 Area</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Rentable 
 Area</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Non-assignable 
 Area</p></li>
	<li class=p><p class="whs11">Office 
 Rentable Area</p></li>
</ul>
<p class="whs11"><img src="data1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="930px" height="428px" border="0" class="img_whs20"></p>
<p class="whs11">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="whs11"><img src="data2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="930px" height="428px" border="0" class="img_whs20"></p>
<p>The user can save the data in Excel from Export to Excel button. </p>
<h4><a name=GSA_Spatial_Report></a>GSA Spatial Program BIM Report</h4>
<p><img src="image30.gif" width="17px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs21"> Export Spatial 
 Program BIM Report button opens a separate dialog for report settings.</p>
<p><img src="report.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="377px" height="562px" border="0" class="img_whs22"></p>
<p>Values in the Project Information table are shown in the first page 
 of the report. You can edit values.</p>
<p>There has to be a rule set open, where the report can read accepted 
 space names and possible glazed external walls. The GSA BIM Guide Validation 
 has the needed rules.</p>
<p>Project Image shows you the picture which will be shown in the first 
 page of the report. It is taken from the 3D View. You can modify the 3D 
 View and update the image by pushing Update button in the right side of 
 the picture.</p>
<p>You can create report a report in pdf or rtf formats. Select the formats 
 you want to.</p>
<p>The report file name and folder are set in the Report File fields. You 
 can change the folder by selecting another folder from the button in the 
 right side of the folder field.</p>
<p>Report button creates the report and Cancel button closes the window.</p>
<h4><a name=SelectionSet></a>Selection Basket Handling</h4>
<p>Selection Basket handling buttons adds or removes spaces selected in 
 the Space Tree to or from the <a href="../../../Help/html/Selection.htm">Selection 
 Basket</a></p>
<p><img src="image5.gif" width="18px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs23"> Add to Selection 
 Basket. Adds selected spaces to the Selection Basket.</p>
<p><img src="image6.gif" width="18px" height="19px" border="0" class="img_whs24"> Remove from Selection 
 Basket. Removed selected spaces from the Selection Basket.</p>
<p><img src="image7.gif" width="19px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs8"> Set to Selection 
 Basket. Clears the Selection Basket and adds selected spaces to it.</p>
<h3><a name=SpaceTree></a>Space Tree</h3>
<p>All spaces (except space groups) are shown in the space tree. Spaces 
 are organized according the selected <a href="#Hierarchy">hierarchy</a>. 
 Nodes in &nbsp;the Space Tree can be opened and closed by clicking small 
 + and - boxes in front of their names.</p>
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